European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes want Doy april 10, 1943 lieutenants getting to Rah of officer promotion quotas to stay High by Marc Hiuet Washington Burea Washington is air Force officer promotion prospects will continue at the same High level in fiscal year 1969 As they have been during the cur rent and two previous years Accord ing to air Force it. Gen. Horace , Deputy chief of staff for personnel. Starting next month the air Force is also going to Speed up the promotion of first lieutenants to captains by reducing the creditable service Points from 3$ to three years to bring the air Force in line with the Navy and closer to the army and the Marine corps. This move will accelerate the temporary promotion of about 4,400 line the change air Force com Pany Grade temporary promotion serv ice years stood this Way in relation to the other services Marino air Grade army Navy corps Force to 02 1 in i 4too3 23 Wade gave the temporary promotion Outlook in a letter to major commands. During by 66-68 an unprecedented num Ber of officers will have been promoted 3,350 to colonel 12.381 to lieutenant col Onel. 24,794 to major 31,177 to Captain and 24,546 to first lieutenant Wade explained. These extraordinary numbers have been planned to provide earlier promo Tion Points to give officers a reasonable and predictable percentage Opportunity of selection and take care of require ments within the air Force Wade added. In essence air Force officers have experienced earlier career advancement at higher percentage opportunities than during any other recent period of air Force history Wade prospects in the near future Are equally promising. The fy1969 officer temporary promotion pro Gram will include one new Basic Yea group of eligible to each of the Field grades based on a 50 per cent promotion Opportunity to colonel 75 per cent to lieutenant colonel and 90 per cent to promotion Opportunity to major represents a five per cent increase forthe new eligible competing during by 1969. Further the program includes additional quotas based on 15 per cent of the continued captains approximately2,000 to be considered by the major Board. It will equate to about 300 extra quotas which will be included in the Overall selection quota this increased quota is an exception to Normal policy As a result of the Urt usual Steps that have been taken to retain officers on Active duty continuation programs due to the increased requirements for Southeast selection boards Are scheduled for july 8 to the Grade of major sept. 16 to lieutenant colonel and nov. 4 to the period May 1-june 14, qualified first lieutenants with Between three and 3 4 years of creditable Mutton service will be promoted to temporary Grade of Captain. Begin Yijune 14, qualified first lieutenants w be promoted to the temporary Grade of Captain upon completion of three years creditable promotion service. These changes represent significant improvement in promotion phase Point and promotion opportunities. For the future promotion Opportunity will re main at least at these favourable the air Force also said that Starling in july promotions to major through colonel will be made effective on the first of the month instead of the 20th As a result of improvements in com Puter reporting and forecasting. Based on current programs the air Force estimates that officers now on selection lists should be promoted bythe following dates colonel dec. 1 lieutenant colonel aug. 1 and major june 20. Takes ten staff sgt. David Burger smiles As he takes six More years and a record breaking $10,000 reenlistment Bonus. Sgt. 1. C. Ivan Drummond seventh army communications com career Counselor holds Back the loot till Burger completes his John Hancock. Army photo by Caliendo re up Bonus nets Tiro gis $20,000 Mannheim Germany Spe Cial unusual circumstances including time in the army Anil specialized mos s have netted two seventh army communications command men reenlistment bonuses totalling $20,000.both men staff sgt. David Burger of the 440th signal Kaiserslautern and spec. 5 Charles Duncan of the 26th i Heilbronn Are electronics equip ment , a native of Greenville tenn., has been transferred tothe . Army tactical data unit in Heidelberg where he Millwork As a classified electronics equipment entered the army in 1958, served a three year hitch the went to work As a lab technician for an electronics firm in his Hometown. In 1965 he returned to the army and regained the rank of e6. His record breaking Bonus of $10,000 was a product of his rank and specialized mos at the time of reenlistment. Duncan a native of Wilming ton n.c., reenlisted after 3mj years of army administering the oath to Burger at the 440th, Brig. j. Wagstaff cd of usar eur and seventh army troops remarked that the new army technical abilities represent the wave of the future army to Buttle of h fyn Munich special the first Sarteur service club tournament of knowledge a quiz pro Gram based on the popular state Side College bowl format is currently furrowing military brows in service clubs throughout Italy and Germany. Fast paced quiz games feature toss up Bonus and tie breaker questions asked during two 15-minute periods covering a variety of general knowledge questions based upon subject areas such As current events sports history geography science Art music military science literature. The Usa eur service club brain game is designed to encourage military personnel to participate in a game of knowl Edge while promoting mental alertness and intellectual development according to Usa eur and . Mili tary personnel of other service assigned or attached to an army installation with an estimate separation Date of not earlier than june 1968, Are eligible to compete in the military Battle of wits that is already und a Way at service club level. Com petition in the tournament of no Uldege will Progress through District and regional elimination Sand culminate in a Usa eur grand final june 22-23 at the Herzo service club Hermogen Aurbach North Bavaria District All service club level Elimina Tion tournaments must be completed by april 30. District and command eliminations will conclude by May 27, with regional eliminations being completed by june 8-9. Commands Are permitted Tenter five Man teams in regional elimination As follows first Region North Bavaria District Host South Bavaria District and Region Franconia District Host seventh army training Center and Vogelsberg Region North Baden District Host North Wuerttemberg District and palatinate District. Fourth Region Taurus Dis t r i c to including Bremerhaven Host Rhineland District and . Army Giessen support Cen Ter. First place winners from each of the four regional will qualify for the june 22-23 finals. Dod ads to Holt Cut in separation allowance Washington is the defense department has asked the comptroller general of . To reconsider his decision denying the $30 a month family separation allowance to service men with dependents living in Home not subject to their management and the comptroller s decision affects a Large number of mar ried servicemen whose wives or children have moved in with friends and relatives while the Yare on duty in Southeast Asia Korea other Short tour areas Orat sea. Assistant defense Secretary Robert n. Anthony reviewed the background of the family Sepa ration allowance Fra in a let Ter to the comptroller asked him to reconsider his decision and said would Hope that you will permit us to continue these payment until the matter is submitted to and considered by the receipt of your reply no action will be taken by the department of defense to implement your earlier Fra was enacted in october1983 to offset in a modest Way the additional expenses of plumbers electricians Carpen ters and general handymen which the family budget must Bear when the husband is away on Short overseas tour. Today Many members of the service particularly younger members reside in apartment houses where the additional items of expenses referred to. Are the responsibility of the landlord Anthony pointed out. The fact that none of these additional expenses Are separately incurred by the Mem Ber s dependents is not and should not be controlling in determining the member s entitle ment to the $30 a month allow we Are Correct in the Assumption that neither the law1nor your decision requires the actual Incurrence of additional expenses. It is somewhat difficult to completely rational ize the magic of the require ment that the dependent mus live in u residence subject to the member s management an control to to entitled to the Al nato partners to visit . Engr kor Westheim Germany special Vii corps 540th engr group doing its part to celebrate the 19th anniversary of the North Atlantic treaty organization this month by sponsoring a visit by More than 100 German officers. The Reserve officers Are Corn ing to the 540th engr group april 27 from units throughout Germany. Their visit will begin with an orientation in their own language on the Mission of the . Army engineers. p. Meyer of of the 93rd engr co float Bridge will give the orientation briefing. After the briefing the germans will tour Ludendorff Cavern and observe Static Engineer display that show the Mission capabilities of five units assigned tothe 540th. The 237th engr in will exhibit water purification Point for the visitors. The 503rd engr co Light equipment will Demon Strate a grader Bulldozer another construction equipment and the 320th engr co Ropog Raphers will Roll the presses for their nato partners to show their map producing abilities. Two Bridges a float and panel will be constructed by the 93rd and 38th engr cos and will represent the ties of Friendship that exist Between the two Nat nations. We feel this is an excellent Opportunity to introduce the Ger Man army officers to the mis Sion of our army engineers said 1st it. Michael d. Ken 540th operations officer. It will also help us to get hotter acquainted with our nato part German it. Col. von Domarus staff officer for reservists of the Vbk defense District come is the German Arm project officer for the event
